Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
firearm
North Okanagan standoff suspect pleads guilty to uttering threats
VERNON – A man at the centre of a lengthy standoff with police in the…
Nine charges laid against North Okanagan standoff suspect
COLDSTREAM – Multiple charges have been approved against a man at the centre of a…
Curtis Sagmoen remains in custody without a bail hearing
VERNON – Curtis Sagmoen appeared in Vernon Provincial Court today by video, dressed in an…
Charges laid in mysterious North Okanagan case deemed ‘possible risk to general public’
VERNON – Charges have been laid in relation to a violent incident in a small…
UPDATE: Man accidentally shot and killed in pistol competition was an ‘expert shooter’
KAMLOOPS – Over the weekend a man accidentally shot and killed himself during a well-known…
Deaths in Enderby were murder-suicide: RCMP
ENDERBY – Police have deemed the deaths of a man and woman living on the…
Suspect who fled empty-handed after Vernon corner store robbery now facing charges
VERNON – A man who police say fled empty-handed after running into a language barrier…
Firearms charge laid against Vernon teen
VERNON – A Vernon boy suspected of involvement in a recent escalation of violence in…
Teen arrested on firearms charge during investigation into Vernon shooting incidents
VERNON – Police have arrested a Vernon teenager believed to be involved in a recent…
Salmon Arm judge sends message about firearm crimes with sentence of RCMP jail guard
SALMON ARM – A provincial court judge has made an example of a jail guard…
UPDATE: Kamloops man arrested on Westsyde Road faces possible drug and firearm charges
KAMLOOPS – A 20-year-old man was arrested by Kamloops RCMP this morning as part of…
Vernon senior could face charges after five hour standoff with police
VERNON - An elderly man arrested after a five hour standoff with police is looking at possible charges. The 70-year-old Vernon man was allegedly involved in a confrontation with a neighbour over some loud music around 1 a.m., April 10. When police arrived, the man had barricaded himself inside his unit of the fourplex. With...
UPDATE: RCMP investigating armed home invasion
KAMLOOPS - RCMP officers were on scene at a North Shore home Monday to investigate an alleged home invasion that took place around 5 p.m. Kamloops RCMP were called to a residence in the 300 block of Fortune Drive on Monday, March 30, for a report of a home invasion with a weapon in progress....
Man described as drunk, armed and distraught taken into custody in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM - An apparently distraught, intoxicated man who was carrying a firearm was eventually taken into custody near Salmon Arm Wednesday evening. RCMP received a report about the man March 4 at 5:11 p.m. They were told he was drunk in a vehicle on a rural property of Black Road and that he had...
Man in custody after firearm complaint
KAMLOOPS - Police have a 19-year-old man in custody after following up on a report of a distraught male with a firearm this afternoon. The incident occurred on the 1800 block of Tranquille around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP, says the investigation is ongoing because police...
Man caught with drugs and sawed-off shotgun
KAMLOOPS - One person has been arrested after a man with a gun was seen in the downtown area this afternoon. Police arrested a 25-year-old man with in an alleyway near a hotel after following up on a report of a man with a gun at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3. The local male was...